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Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built.
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Cleansing Precedes Restoration
Commentators emphasize a crucial divine sequence: spiritual cleansing precedes physical restoration. John Gill explains this cleansing involves pardon, justification through Christ's blood, and sanctification. Only after God has dealt with the people's iniquities does He promise to rebuild their cities and restore their land, showing that true, lasting prosperity is founded upon a right relationship with Him.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Baptist
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord God, in the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities By the free and full pardon of…
Presbyterian
Water is an emblem of the cleansing of our polluted souls from sin. But no water can do more than take away the filth of the flesh. Water seems in …
